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Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1931-07-24

Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1931-07-24, page 01

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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
VOL. XV—No. 30
COLUMBUS, OaiO, jUr..Y 24, 1931
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BytheWay By David Schwartz
Membership Campaign for $150,000 Started for
Bellefaire, Cleveland, Jewish Orphan Home
At Annual Meeting
Mr. Sokolow's Mctitod
If Mr. Sokolow, who has juiit been chosen successor of Weizmann, makes as good a Zionist chieftain as he is a lin¬ guist, the worries of the Jewish Home¬ land are over.
1 met Sokolow on his last visit to the United States, and I asked him how he had mastered so maiiy tongues. He can speak in almost every language except Eskimo.
Sure enough, he had a method, which was simply to study the Bible in the par¬ ticular language he wished to learn. The method has two outstanding advantages. In the first place, knowing the Bible in one language, you know what any par¬ ticular portion is about in another and , thus have a general knowledge of con¬ text. In the second place, it heightens interest by the associations and compari¬ sons It invites with other languages. Lei us hope he finds as good a method for learning the language of Arab and Brit¬ ish diplomacy—and conquering them. Brains and Beauty Dave Gould, the well known dance di¬ rector, is ih the dumps. He finds, he declares, plenty of beautiful girls lor his choruses, but few of the beautiful ones have brains enough to follow his instruc¬ tions. Beautiful but dumb.
But a good Jewish boy, like Dave, should know better than complain aboui . suph a thing. Long ago, the Talmud pointed out that such a thing was inevi¬ table. "Lo yesh kol adam zothe lischtay schulchanos." "No person merits to eat at two tables." Or in other words, you can't have everything. It's the old law of compensation. Now and then some one manages to break the rule—to have both beauty and brains—but, as a rule, it seems to hold good.
At least, we who are not so pretty, like to have that consolation and it .15 not without some substantiation. Silence and Sex l^t me present a hypothetical case. Suppose you were one of a group of young men, working in an oilice with other men. And every day, a girl from a neighboring department of the' same business had to enter the office in which you worked. And always, as she came in—she went up to you—her face beam¬ ing, her tongue wagging—her eyes wink¬ ing, her endocrine glands "endocrining." . And the next day—the same thing. And so on the next—still the same. And so it kept on-forday after-day—for week-^ after week. And meanwhile, she ignored all the others—or only cast sly glances ait them.
It's all fixed up for you. You begin to worry, whether you should marry hier or discourage her.
But you're all damp, as the vernacular puts it. For she really doesn't love you at all.
At least, that's what I gather from a recent observation; by that dean of the drama—George Jean 'Nathan. When a woman.loves a man, says the sapient George Jean, she becomes less talkative . in his presence. ,
In other words, when she begins to talk too much to you, it's time to.make a date with another.
A Reader Protests A reader cottiptains: first, that 1 re¬ ferred in a' previous column to Ben ¦; Hecht's book as "Jews Without Love,'' and secondly, on general principles, that the Column is not sufiiciently snappy. Of course, "Jews Without Love" was an er^ ror—a sort of glorified and modifiea Spoonerism, caused by a momentary con¬ fusion in the speed of writing of Hecht's work with Mike Gold's recent book "Jews \Vithoiit Money."
As tb the more serious charge—of the want of snappincss—let me see. Maybe it's due to the fact that I am not alto¬ gether sold on this business qf. being snappy.
Crackers and Stumps I was born in South Georgia—the crackerest part of the state, and you know the old story how they tell the difference between a stump and a Georgia cracker. .
Well, if you don't—it Js simply told. If you want to know how to tell the difiFerence between a stump and a, Georgia cracker, just look out in the woods. If the thing moves—it's a stump.
That might help to explain my lack of snappiness.
Bricks and Other Things Furthermore, what little education 1 have had, has not ' contributed to ameliorate that condition of non-snappi- ness. My favorite sentence—and the motto which ¦ some day I am going to frame over- my desk is the sentence of Emerson—"Why so hot, my little man?" I've read somewhere that modern in¬ vention has made it possible to produce , 14,000 bricks in the time that, in the old days by hand work, a craftsman madt one brick.
Now it seems to me that I therefore have the right to be 14,000 times less snappy than my ancestors. Or at least 12,000 times. Otherwise, what's the ust of invention.
Snappiness and Happiness I don't like snappiness. _ In general I snap my fingers at snappiness. What's the hurry-what's the rush? So you'll make more money that way? You'll $tart a bank? I can show you sonie very snappy bankers who are now sitting in jail, I'm not snappy—-and ray quar¬ ters are very pleasant—almost luxurious. So you're snappy—so you can write a book.. They need it very much. Every day, the Library of Congress gets in 600 new books. Besides, have the (icpple all read Shakespeare and Plato through yet? Besides, I'm not sure but that you can start a bank or write a book better by not being snappy. The laziest man in the United States—Ulysses S. Grant- won the Civil War, "Laziness was my besetting sin throughout life," Grant him- (Continued on page 4)
NEW ZIONIST EXECU¬ TIVE OUTLINES FU¬ TURE POLICY
BASLE:—(,LT.A.)--The fol¬ lowing are the six points in the program to be followed by the new Zionist Executive elected Thursday. July 16th, at the clos¬ ing session of the 17th Zionist Congress: 1 — continuation of practical work under any practi¬ cal circumstances; 2 — system¬ atic continuation of the national linancial enterprises and the sup- { port of both the upbuilding work | and private enterprises which 1 are an organization part of the 1 upbuilding work; 3 — consoli- ^ dation of the national labor colonization; 4 — recognition of the equality and right of nil forms of colonization so far as they are paying their way; 5 — an endeavor to realize all terms of the Mandate and to co-operate with the Mandatory Power; 6 — active measures in the economic, political and social field paying the way for peace and cooperation between Jews nnd Arabs un the principle that regardless of difference in num¬ bers of one or the other people, neither should rule or be ruled.
Closing Session of Agency Meeting Names d^Avigdor Gold'
smid Council Chairman; Dr. Frankel, Joint Chmrman;
Prof* Speyer and Robert Szold, Vice-Chairmen
B'nai B'rith Hull, Bellefaire.
CLEVELAND, OHIO—Preliminary pledges totalling ^5000,00 served today to start the $150,000.00 membership cam¬ paign launched by Bellefaire, the Cleve¬ land Jewish Orphan Home, it was- an¬ nounced by Louis .H. Schwarzenberg, Chairman of the Campaign Committee, at the Annual Meeting- of the Board of Trustees and Directors on Sunday, July 10. .
; Of the preliminary pledges announced at the dedication of B'nai B'rith Hall, which was attended by graduates of.the Home and representatives of the B'nai B'rith wh<r=cailifc. from ItJ states,-$2000.00 was received ftorn the alumni. The con¬ tinued support of the graduates in the campaign for maintenance subscriptions to cover the accumulated and anticipated deficit was promised by their president,. George I, Wirpel, of Chicago.
The following officers were reelected: 1 Fred Lazarus, Jr.,. Columbus, Ohio, president'; Adolph Finsterwald, Detroit, vice-president; Max E. Meisel, Cleve¬ land, treasurer of the sinkuig fund; Alfred A. Benesch, Cleveland, treasurer of the general fund; Stella S. Lazarus, Cleveland, recording secretary; Edna Belle Diamond, Cleveland, financial sec¬ retary; Samuel Gross, chairman of lo¬ cal board, and George W. Furth, vice- chairman of the local board.
Sol S. Kiser, of Indianapolis, past president of the Home, and who has been reelected trustee of Bellefaire, by District Grand Lodge No. 2 of the B'nai B'rith, was master of ceremonies at the dedi¬ cation ceremony Sunday afternoon.
Samuel Goldstein, of Lorain, first vice- president of District Grand Lodge No. 2, represented his district. He related the history of the Home which was founded by the B'nai B'rith sixty-three years ago. He stated that $2.00 of each member's dues, is allotted to Bellefaire's mainte¬ nance, and uFged that an effort be made to increase the income from this source by the enrollment of many new members into B'nai B'rith.. ¦
William Sultan, of Chicago, past president of District Grand Lodge No. G of the B'nai B'rith, and a trustee of Bellefaire, spoke on behalf of his district. He commended the fine progress that has been made by the Home, and cited as evidence of this his personal friendship and acquaintance with hundreds of ¦graduates who arc outstanding members of their communities.
The tablet bearing the inscription, "B'nai B'rith Hall—Erected as a tribute to the B'nai B'rith which conceived and dedicated this Home in consecration of the principle of brotherly love," was un¬ veiled by .eight year old Marian Wei- mer, one of the three hundred children who live at the Home. She paid tribute to "the understanding, love and faith ot those who have come to us in the place of our own parents,''
"Dedications are not occasions merely to review the glory of the past nor to recite a record of achievement," said Lewis Drucker, who represented the
Cleveland Lodge of the B'nai B'rith.
"They are of value only when they can stimulate greater interest in our future endeavors and call forth a higher devo¬ tion to our cause."
At the morning session, Superintend¬ ent Michael Sharlitt gave a comprehen¬ sive report of progress made during the past year. In the absence of President j l''red Lazarus, Jr., his message was read. He charged members of the Board to continue their cooperation in order that the quality of ^elle.faire's child care service may continue.
.The election of twenty-six Directors* many of whose terms have just expired, was announced. The present Board of Directors consists of the following rep¬ resentatives from the sixteen states of the middle-west supporting the Home:
DISTRICT NO. 2
Indiana—Ralph Clark and Rnsscl L. Solomon, Fort Wayne; Louis J. Borin¬ stcin and Sol S. Kiser, Indianapolis; Ira Ciralsky, South-Bend.
Kansas -t~ Henry J. Wichita.
Kentucky—Frederick J. Louisville.
Missouri—rRabbi Samuel S. Mayer- berg, Kansas City; Herman Cronheim, Emil Mayer, Dr; Charles Rederer, Marc C. Steinberg, St. Louis.
Ohio—Louis Loeb, Akron; Harry Nusbaum and Darwiii S. Luntz, Canton; A. Edgar Aub, Herbert .R. Bloch, Julius W. Freiberg, Leonard R. Minster, and William J. Shroder, Cincinnati; J. H. Altman, Alfred A. Benesch, A. J. Bia- losky, Mrs. S. H. Cohn, Mrs, Jack L. Einstein, George W. Furth, Mrs. E. L. Geismer, Samuel Gross, Frank E. Joseph, Mrs. S. Korach, Mrs. Martin Marks, Max E. Meisel, and L. H. Schwarzen- bcrg, Cleveland; Fred Lazarus, Jr., and E. J,,Schanfarber, Columbus; Sidney G. Kusworm and Harry Lehman, Dayton; Lucian Kahn, Hamilton; M. H. Lcmpert, Toledo; Clarence J. Strouss, Youngs¬ town ; and Louis L. Weber, Zanesville.
Wallcn stein, Levy, Jr.,
Plans Completed For Agu¬ dath Achim Joint Picnic Sunday
Brotherhood and Sisterhood to
Hold Affair Jointly at
OakParic
Through the untiring eflforts of the Agudath Achim Sisterhood board and the Brotherhood of the Congregation and' with the able assistance of Mr. J. Fried-' man and Mrs. S. Topolosky, as chairmen, elaborate plans are under way to make this year's jaint picnic for the benefit oi the Congregation an affair to be evei remembered by all who attendj
Rose Thall's peppy orchestra has beer, engaged to furnish the dance music foi this picnic. Games of all kinds for both ypung andold as well'as many other en¬ tertaining features are being arranged.
From present indications, , the joint Brotherhood and Sisterhood picnic ' of the Agudath Achim Congregation Sun¬ day, (to-morrow)i July 2Cth, will be even more enjoyable and entertaining than those held in past years.
DISTRICT NO. G
Illinois—J. J. R'ufiinstein, Alton; Isaac Kuhn, Champaign; I. S, Anoff, Isidor Glueck, Max Immerwahr, Gustave M. Posner, Lewis D. Ross, and Williaiji Sultan, Chicago; H. Paul Tick, Decatur; and John Gellerman, Rock Island.
Iowa—Harry Ginsberg, aiid Max Shloss, Des Moines;" .A M. Davis, Sioux City.
Michigan—Edward Lichtig, Bay City; Adolph Finsterwald, Adolph Freuml, Edwin M. Rosenthal, and Dr. Charles A. Smith, Detroit; Morris Heuman, Jackson.
Minnesota—'.^nd^ew Bratter and Rabbi Harry S. Margolis, St. Paul; Joseph H. Schanfeld, Minneapolis.
Nebraska—Morris Friend, Lincoln; William L. Holzman and Judge Irvin Stalriiaster,. Omaha,
Wisconsin—Judge Samuel B. Schcin, Madison; Ben Z. Glass, Milwaukee.
Hadassah Donor Luncheon
Committee Boasts of
Over 50 Pledges
Father of Attorney Harry Kohn Passes at 79
Funeral services for Jacob Kohn, 79, of 2424 Bexley .Park road, father of Attorney Harry Kohn. was held at 2 p. m. Sunday in O'Shaughnessy's chapel, 375 E. Town street. Burial took place in Broad Street Temple cemetery. He died Friday night, July 17, at White Cross Hospital, following a 10 days' illness.
iir. Kohn was well known by Colum¬ bua Jewry. Although retired 4rotn ac¬ tive business affairs, he was always present at various Jewish functions given by Ihe East Broad Street Temple. It was said of him that he seldom missed a Sab¬ bath or Holiday service. '
Besides the son, he leaves five daugh¬ ters, Mrs. Simon Kotosky, El Paso,
Texas; Mrs. L. Hamherger and Mrs.
Fred Schoenberg,. -Newark, O.: Mrs.
Joseph Jay, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Mrs. Sam Rosenberg, Marion, Ohio,
HACHNOSIS ORCHIM PICNIC AUGUST 2nd
The Ladies' Hachnosath, Orcliim So¬ ciety will hold a picnic Sunday August 2, at Glentangy Park, with Mrs. Wil¬ liam Cohen as chairman.
The following members have been ap¬ pointed to assist Mrs. Cohen on her com¬ mittee: Mesdames H. Block, Phillip Berman, C. H. Furman, S. Weiner, S. Markuson, and P. Sbenker.
The public is cordially invited and can secure tickets from any member for the nominal sum of ten cents. Come on, everybody! Fill your baskets and spend the day at Olentangy Park with the Hachnosath Orchim Society. There will be many prizes and amusements lor all.
Plans for the Donor Liincheon to take place in the Fall are well under way. Under the able leadership of Mrs. B. G. Yalman, Chairman, over fifty pledges have been turned in. Every member of the committee and of the local chapter has pledged their full co-operation with the hope of making this fund raising project a success.
The vital work Hadassah hopes to carry on next year for the most part centers around the Hadassah Medical Organization. In order to maintain five hospitals and twenty-two health centers, Hadassah chapter.'? must co-operate to the fullest and we in Columbus must con¬ centrate on the Donor Luncheon, as the proceeds from this project will be our contribution , in helping carry on the health program in Palestine.
The following pledges have been made to date.
Mrs. B. W. Abramson, Mrs. M. S. Bogatin, Mrs. Oscar Berman, Mrs. J. K. Bornstein, Mrs. A. Danziger, Mrs. B. Caristein, Mrs. J. Friedman, Mrs. H. Gilbert, Mrs. A. Gluck, Mrs. §01. Gold¬ smith, Mrs. S. L. Gordon, Mrs. Morris Goldberg, Mrs. A. Goldberg, Mrs. Sam Goldman, Mrs. B. Greenberg, Mrs. H. Grossman, Mrs. Al H. Harmon, Mrs. William A. Hersch, Mrs. Jack Kauff¬ man, Mrs. Harry Keleman, Mrs. E. Kell- ner, Mrs. E. Kohn, Mrs. J. Krakowitz^ Mrs. B. Lakin, Mrs. E. Zeckhauser, Mrs. Herman Lieverman, Mrs. Max Weinber¬ ger, Mrs. B. G. Yalman, Mrs. S. Malmol, Mrs. J. Mattlin, Mrs, Harry Maybrook, Mrs. Robert Mellman, Mrs. A. Metch¬ nick, Mrs, Lewis Mendel, Mrs. Sigmund Ornstein, Mrs. Henry Piatt, Mrs. Sol Reuben, Mrs. Solomon Rivlin, Mrs. Harry Roth, Mrs. Louis J. Roth, Mrs. Nat J. Sand, Mrs. Joseph Shapiro, Miss Rose Sugarman, Mrs. Max Schotten¬ stein, Mrs. M. N. Siegel, Mrs. M. L. Sluizer, Mrs. Justin Sillman, Mrs. Louis Schlezinger, Mrs. Joseph Solove, Mrs. Robert Suid, Mrs. Allen Tarshish, Mrs. A. H. Thall, Mrs. J. Thall. Mrs. I. Top¬ per and Mrs. Sig Weisskerz.
The Donor Luncheon Committee con- sisttts of Mrs. B. G. Yalman, Chairman, Mrs. Harry Roth and Mrs. Wm. A. Hersch, Viee-Chairman, Mra. Sam Gold¬ man, Treasurer, and Mrs. Aaroft Dan¬ ziger, Publicity Chairman.
BASLE—(J. T. A.)—The Council of the Jewish Agency concluded its meeting this afternoon with the election of, a new executive, a new president of the "Jc\V- ish Agency, a new chairman^ of the Council and a new administrative com¬ mittee and a great ovation to Dr. Cyrus Adler.
Nahum Sokolow, president of the World Zionist Organization, was elected president of the Jewish Agency, succeed¬ ing Dr. Chaim Weizmann. O. E. d'Avigdor Goldsmid," president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, was named chairman of the Council, and Dr. Lee K. Frankel, vice-president of the Metropolitan Life InsuraiKc Company of New York, was ¦¦ named joint-chairman. Professor M. Speyer of Belgium and Robert Szold, chairman of administra¬ tion of the Zionist Organization of Amer¬ ica, were elected vice-chairmen.
The new Executive of the Jewish Agency consists of. five persons, in addi¬ tion to the five members of the Zionist Executive. The. five who were elected by the Council are Dr. Maurice Hexter of New York, a member of the former Executive; Dr. Werner Senator of Ber- ; lin, also a member of the old Executive; Dr. Bernard Kahn 'of Beriin, European director of the work of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; Isaac B. Bcrkson, director of the Jewish Agency school system in Palestine, and Harry .Viteles, general manager of the Central Bank of Cooperative Institutions in Palestine.
The Council also elected a new admin¬ istrative committee of 20 Zionists and non-Zionists. The new committee went iiito immediate session to elect its chair¬ man, i
, At the same time the Council voted to establish a special office in London to maintain relations with the Mandatory Power.
Before closing a scheme for a million members of the Jewish Agency paying five dollars annually was accepted today by the Council. The. plan was fathered by Joseph Sprinzak, Palestine Labor leader. The Council appointed a special committee to investigate during the year tbe workability of the plan and means for its realization.
The scheme was discussed in the re¬ port rendered to the Council by its act¬ ing-chairman. Dr. Cyrus Adler. He said that while he was not sure that the idea was feasible, he thought it correct and urged its favorable consideration so that there might he a reasonable certainty with regard to budget and income.
At the same time'a special'effort to raise $1,000,000 in order to meet the ex¬ traordinary financial position in which the Executive of the Jewish Agency finds it¬ self was decided upon. The decision was made after the Council had heard a de¬ tailed' report from Dr. Bernard Kahn on behalf of the budget committee.
Of the $1,000,000 to be raised, .$.500,- 000 is needed within the next few months in order to make possible the continua¬ tion of the Jewish work in Palestine. The second $500,000 is required as a re¬ serve, for a stabilization fund to be set aside aftter the requirements of the regular budget have been satisfied.
In his report Dr. Kahn pointed out the need of raising .1i500,000 within the next few months in order to meet the" obligations of the Jewish Agency. He cited figures to show that until September $780,000 is necessary.
The Council also resolved to appoint a joint committee from its Executive and the Jewish National Council of Palestine which is to consider proposals for the transference of the Palestine health work to the National Coimcil and to the Ha¬ dassah, In other resolutions the Coun¬ cil urged economy and the merging of the various "offices of the Keren. Hayesod, the Agency's chief financial instrument, in order to consolidate the administration of these offices.
The Council took note of the negotia¬ tions with the NationaL GounciT concern¬ ing the'transfer to the Palestine Jewish community of all financial respon.';ibility for health and educational institutions and for individual teachers. The Agency Executive was empowered to bring these negotiations to a close and to take all necessary steps so that the transfer may be efi'ected not later than the beginning of the sdiool year, October, 1032.
BASLE—J. T. A.)—In a unanimously adopted resolution the Council of the; Jewish Agency for Palestine this morn-1 ing went on record again with a "sincere' desire for the creation of a durable un¬ derstanding between Jews and Arabs in Palestine on the basis of mutual confi¬ dence and respect"'and declared that it is the Council's conviction that "Jews and Arabs have a common, interest in the peaceful development of-i Palestine."
In the.samc resolution the Council in¬ structed its Executive to continue its work "for the establishment under the mandate oi harmonious relations between Jews and Arabs based on the acceptance of both parties of the principle that neither is to dominate or to be domi¬ nated."
At the same time the Council unani- mou,=ily approved a resolution protesting against the difficulties attaching to Jewish land purchase; in Palestine, Jewish im¬ migration to Palestine and the employ¬ ment of Jewish labor on public works de¬ spite tbe assurances contained in Premier, MacDonald's letter.
This resolution declared tliat "the Council draws attention to the continu¬ ous difficulties attached to the purchase of '¦' land by Jews, to Jewish immigration and to the employment of Jewish labor on public works despite the Premier's let¬ ter. Moreover, the Tenants' Protective Ordinance has been amended in a manner which very seriously impedes the acquisi¬ tion of land by Jews. The Council ac¬ cordingly urges the Mandatory Power to take immediate steps with a view tp sat¬ isfying on the basis of the Jewish Agency in respect to the aforementioned mat¬ ter."
Basis for Future Discussion In another resolution, also unanimously approved, the Council approved of the action of its representatives in the nego- , tiations which led to the MacDonald let¬ ter and characterized thi.s document "as a basis for further, discussions of the Jewish Agency with the Mandatory Power to the effect of implementing the assurances to the Jewish people con¬ tained in the letter and the creation of such conditions as will ensure the uninter- . rupted development of the Jewish Na¬ tional Home."
The text of this resolution reads as follows: "The Council. of the Jewish, Agency approves of the action of its rep¬ resentatives in the conduct of the negotia¬ tions which led to the issuance of the . Premier's letter, and takes note 6f the Premier's statement as to the authorita¬ tive character of this document. The Council expresses appreciation of those assuranaces and definitions in the letter which show a desire of the Mandatory Power to allay- the grave misgivings of the Jewish people aroused by the White Paper of October, 1930.
"The Council notes that the letter is not a complete statement of policy and that it contains reservations which afford ground for apprehension in this respect. The Council hopes that His Majesty's Government will reach a , satisfactory settlement with the Jewish Agency in the spirit of the Mandate. The Council re-, gards the letter as a basis for further dis¬ cussions of the Jewish Agency with the Mandatory power to the effett of imple¬ menting the assurances to the Jewish people contained in the letter and the cre¬ ation of such conditions as will ensure the uninterrupted development of the Jewish National Home."
Development Scheme Discussed At this morning's session of the Coun^ cir a sharp .difference arose between the Zionist and non-Zionist members when the Agency's political commission's reso¬ lution on the Palestine developinent . scheme came up for a vote on the floor of the Council. After a lively debate it was decided by a vote of 28 to 17, with many members not voting, that the resolution should not be put to a vote- The resolu- ; tion was then removed from the agenda. D'Avigdor Goldsmid of England, on .behalf of the political commission which discussed the resolution throughout the night, submitted it to the,Council with Dr. Cyrus Adler's suggestion that it '¦, should not be read but considered as con¬ fidential and only the gist of it read to the Council,, which should vote on it oh the !>asis of the gist of it.
The gist of the resolution declares that the Council of the Jewish Agency leaves the question of the Agency's'participation in the development scheme to the decision of its Executive. This suggestion created considerable excitement among the. Zion¬ ist members. McnachenT Mendel Ussjsh- kin, president'of the Jewish National Fund; asking Mr. Goldsmid whether.the resolution had been unanimously adopted by the political commission.
When Mr: Goldsmid replied in the afr firmative, ¦ Oscar Gruenbaum, Austrian Zionist, protested, declaring that it had been adopted against the opposition of the Zionist members of the commission. Mr. Goldsmid then declared that his reply ha^ been based , on a misunderstanding and that actually no unanimity existed in the political commission. Louis Lipsky, on behalf of the Agency's Zionist members, then declared that it was impossible to vote for a resolution the contents of which remain confidential.
Following this declaration a vote was taken and by 28 to 17 it was decided not to put the resolution to a vote and it was removed from the agenda.
In line with a suggestion of Mr, Us¬ sishkin, the Coimcil unanimously decided to. leave to the Agency's administrative committee the framework of the budget within the limits of the budgets adopted ',by the Zionist Congress and that recom¬ mended by the Agency's financial commit¬ tee. The Congress' budget is $1,800,000 and the one adopted by the Agency totals $1,750,000. The differehce of $50,000 was left to the administrative committee to settle.
Pittsburgh to Dedicate New
$350,000 Synagogue
Sunday
PITTSBURGH.—An entire week of celebration, which will include an open house, a banquet and a memorial day, will mark the dedication of Pittsburgh's newest synagogue, Beth Shalom, con¬ sidered the leading Orthodox congrega¬ tion of the city. Fornial dedication exer¬ cises will be held Sunday afternoon when the new !^350,000 edifice of the congrega' tion'will be opened. Rabbi Goodman A. Rose is spiritual head of the congregation.
HITLERITES EXPELLED
BERLIN—(J. T. A.)—Four Hitlerite' ministry of education
and three Socialist students were ex¬ pelled from the University of Beriin to¬ day by the university senate because of their participation in last week's anti- Semitic student rioting at the university. .\t the same time the summary court of Cologne sentenced Baldur von Schirrach, the 24-year-old Hitlerite leader of the All-German Students' Union, to three months in prison for inciting the anti- Semitic riot at the University of Co¬ logne last week. Schirrach, however, is still at liberty.
The expulsion of the University sen¬ ate and the sentencing of Schirrach are in line with instructions issued to all uni¬ versity rectors by the ministi-y ol e<luca- tion to take immediate disciplinary meas¬ ures against student rioters. Speedy pun¬ ishment for rowdy students and thdr trial before a specially convened court is {provided for in the instructions of the
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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
VOL. XV—No. 30
COLUMBUS, OaiO, jUr..Y 24, 1931
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BytheWay By David Schwartz
Membership Campaign for $150,000 Started for
Bellefaire, Cleveland, Jewish Orphan Home
At Annual Meeting
Mr. Sokolow's Mctitod
If Mr. Sokolow, who has juiit been chosen successor of Weizmann, makes as good a Zionist chieftain as he is a lin¬ guist, the worries of the Jewish Home¬ land are over.
1 met Sokolow on his last visit to the United States, and I asked him how he had mastered so maiiy tongues. He can speak in almost every language except Eskimo.
Sure enough, he had a method, which was simply to study the Bible in the par¬ ticular language he wished to learn. The method has two outstanding advantages. In the first place, knowing the Bible in one language, you know what any par¬ ticular portion is about in another and , thus have a general knowledge of con¬ text. In the second place, it heightens interest by the associations and compari¬ sons It invites with other languages. Lei us hope he finds as good a method for learning the language of Arab and Brit¬ ish diplomacy—and conquering them. Brains and Beauty Dave Gould, the well known dance di¬ rector, is ih the dumps. He finds, he declares, plenty of beautiful girls lor his choruses, but few of the beautiful ones have brains enough to follow his instruc¬ tions. Beautiful but dumb.
But a good Jewish boy, like Dave, should know better than complain aboui . suph a thing. Long ago, the Talmud pointed out that such a thing was inevi¬ table. "Lo yesh kol adam zothe lischtay schulchanos." "No person merits to eat at two tables." Or in other words, you can't have everything. It's the old law of compensation. Now and then some one manages to break the rule—to have both beauty and brains—but, as a rule, it seems to hold good.
At least, we who are not so pretty, like to have that consolation and it .15 not without some substantiation. Silence and Sex l^t me present a hypothetical case. Suppose you were one of a group of young men, working in an oilice with other men. And every day, a girl from a neighboring department of the' same business had to enter the office in which you worked. And always, as she came in—she went up to you—her face beam¬ ing, her tongue wagging—her eyes wink¬ ing, her endocrine glands "endocrining." . And the next day—the same thing. And so on the next—still the same. And so it kept on-forday after-day—for week-^ after week. And meanwhile, she ignored all the others—or only cast sly glances ait them.
It's all fixed up for you. You begin to worry, whether you should marry hier or discourage her.
But you're all damp, as the vernacular puts it. For she really doesn't love you at all.
At least, that's what I gather from a recent observation; by that dean of the drama—George Jean 'Nathan. When a woman.loves a man, says the sapient George Jean, she becomes less talkative . in his presence. ,
In other words, when she begins to talk too much to you, it's time to.make a date with another.
A Reader Protests A reader cottiptains: first, that 1 re¬ ferred in a' previous column to Ben ¦; Hecht's book as "Jews Without Love,'' and secondly, on general principles, that the Column is not sufiiciently snappy. Of course, "Jews Without Love" was an er^ ror—a sort of glorified and modifiea Spoonerism, caused by a momentary con¬ fusion in the speed of writing of Hecht's work with Mike Gold's recent book "Jews \Vithoiit Money."
As tb the more serious charge—of the want of snappincss—let me see. Maybe it's due to the fact that I am not alto¬ gether sold on this business qf. being snappy.
Crackers and Stumps I was born in South Georgia—the crackerest part of the state, and you know the old story how they tell the difference between a stump and a Georgia cracker. .
Well, if you don't—it Js simply told. If you want to know how to tell the difiFerence between a stump and a, Georgia cracker, just look out in the woods. If the thing moves—it's a stump.
That might help to explain my lack of snappiness.
Bricks and Other Things Furthermore, what little education 1 have had, has not ' contributed to ameliorate that condition of non-snappi- ness. My favorite sentence—and the motto which ¦ some day I am going to frame over- my desk is the sentence of Emerson—"Why so hot, my little man?" I've read somewhere that modern in¬ vention has made it possible to produce , 14,000 bricks in the time that, in the old days by hand work, a craftsman madt one brick.
Now it seems to me that I therefore have the right to be 14,000 times less snappy than my ancestors. Or at least 12,000 times. Otherwise, what's the ust of invention.
Snappiness and Happiness I don't like snappiness. _ In general I snap my fingers at snappiness. What's the hurry-what's the rush? So you'll make more money that way? You'll $tart a bank? I can show you sonie very snappy bankers who are now sitting in jail, I'm not snappy—-and ray quar¬ ters are very pleasant—almost luxurious. So you're snappy—so you can write a book.. They need it very much. Every day, the Library of Congress gets in 600 new books. Besides, have the (icpple all read Shakespeare and Plato through yet? Besides, I'm not sure but that you can start a bank or write a book better by not being snappy. The laziest man in the United States—Ulysses S. Grant- won the Civil War, "Laziness was my besetting sin throughout life," Grant him- (Continued on page 4)
NEW ZIONIST EXECU¬ TIVE OUTLINES FU¬ TURE POLICY
BASLE:—(,LT.A.)--The fol¬ lowing are the six points in the program to be followed by the new Zionist Executive elected Thursday. July 16th, at the clos¬ ing session of the 17th Zionist Congress: 1 — continuation of practical work under any practi¬ cal circumstances; 2 — system¬ atic continuation of the national linancial enterprises and the sup- { port of both the upbuilding work | and private enterprises which 1 are an organization part of the 1 upbuilding work; 3 — consoli- ^ dation of the national labor colonization; 4 — recognition of the equality and right of nil forms of colonization so far as they are paying their way; 5 — an endeavor to realize all terms of the Mandate and to co-operate with the Mandatory Power; 6 — active measures in the economic, political and social field paying the way for peace and cooperation between Jews nnd Arabs un the principle that regardless of difference in num¬ bers of one or the other people, neither should rule or be ruled.
Closing Session of Agency Meeting Names d^Avigdor Gold'
smid Council Chairman; Dr. Frankel, Joint Chmrman;
Prof* Speyer and Robert Szold, Vice-Chairmen
B'nai B'rith Hull, Bellefaire.
CLEVELAND, OHIO—Preliminary pledges totalling ^5000,00 served today to start the $150,000.00 membership cam¬ paign launched by Bellefaire, the Cleve¬ land Jewish Orphan Home, it was- an¬ nounced by Louis .H. Schwarzenberg, Chairman of the Campaign Committee, at the Annual Meeting- of the Board of Trustees and Directors on Sunday, July 10. .
; Of the preliminary pledges announced at the dedication of B'nai B'rith Hall, which was attended by graduates of.the Home and representatives of the B'nai B'rith whasis of the gist of it.
The gist of the resolution declares that the Council of the Jewish Agency leaves the question of the Agency's'participation in the development scheme to the decision of its Executive. This suggestion created considerable excitement among the. Zion¬ ist members. McnachenT Mendel Ussjsh- kin, president'of the Jewish National Fund; asking Mr. Goldsmid whether.the resolution had been unanimously adopted by the political commission.
When Mr: Goldsmid replied in the afr firmative, ¦ Oscar Gruenbaum, Austrian Zionist, protested, declaring that it had been adopted against the opposition of the Zionist members of the commission. Mr. Goldsmid then declared that his reply ha^ been based , on a misunderstanding and that actually no unanimity existed in the political commission. Louis Lipsky, on behalf of the Agency's Zionist members, then declared that it was impossible to vote for a resolution the contents of which remain confidential.
Following this declaration a vote was taken and by 28 to 17 it was decided not to put the resolution to a vote and it was removed from the agenda.
In line with a suggestion of Mr, Us¬ sishkin, the Coimcil unanimously decided to. leave to the Agency's administrative committee the framework of the budget within the limits of the budgets adopted ',by the Zionist Congress and that recom¬ mended by the Agency's financial commit¬ tee. The Congress' budget is $1,800,000 and the one adopted by the Agency totals $1,750,000. The differehce of $50,000 was left to the administrative committee to settle.
Pittsburgh to Dedicate New
$350,000 Synagogue
Sunday
PITTSBURGH.—An entire week of celebration, which will include an open house, a banquet and a memorial day, will mark the dedication of Pittsburgh's newest synagogue, Beth Shalom, con¬ sidered the leading Orthodox congrega¬ tion of the city. Fornial dedication exer¬ cises will be held Sunday afternoon when the new !^350,000 edifice of the congrega' tion'will be opened. Rabbi Goodman A. Rose is spiritual head of the congregation.
HITLERITES EXPELLED
BERLIN—(J. T. A.)—Four Hitlerite' ministry of education
and three Socialist students were ex¬ pelled from the University of Beriin to¬ day by the university senate because of their participation in last week's anti- Semitic student rioting at the university. .\t the same time the summary court of Cologne sentenced Baldur von Schirrach, the 24-year-old Hitlerite leader of the All-German Students' Union, to three months in prison for inciting the anti- Semitic riot at the University of Co¬ logne last week. Schirrach, however, is still at liberty.
The expulsion of the University sen¬ ate and the sentencing of Schirrach are in line with instructions issued to all uni¬ versity rectors by the ministi-y ol e